1896 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
5o7 
LIVE STOCK MATTERS. 
(CONTINUED.) 
spirits of ammonia may be given every 
half hour until relieved ; or an ounce 
each of the spirits of ammonia and ether. 
As soon as the bloating is relieved, it is 
well to give a full dose of salts (one to 
two pounds of Epsom salts to two ounces 
of giDger, according to the size of the 
animal) to carry off the offending food. 
Slow walking exercise usually facili¬ 
tates the removal of the gas. 
Run Down Mare ; Mule That Coughs. 
1. My mare, two weeks or more ago, had short 
spells of colic, for which we gave salts, and then 
linseed oil; the urine was thick, and for that, a 
dose of saltpeter was given. Since then, she has 
become much worse, having a high fever with 
labored breathing,apparently weak in her legs, as 
she will fall down when driven. The skin seems 
to be underlaid with air bubbles, which can be 
felt when the hand is passed lightly over the 
shoulders, neck and chest. The eyes run water, 
which appears bloody. Her appetite is poor, but 
she has considerable thirst. There is no veter¬ 
inarian in this section, and none of the old 
jockeys seems to be able to say what is the mat¬ 
ter. She has not been over driven or heated in 
any way, has been fed on good, clean corn and 
fodder, with some oats. She coughs slightly 
when exercised. 2. I have also a mule which 
coughs a good deal, but only in bad or change¬ 
able weather, has no running at the nose, and is 
not affected otherwise in any way. She has a 
good appetite, and works well. After a severe 
spell, she will cough up considerable phlegm, 
and then be all right for a time. it. a. t. 
Hampton, Fla. 
1. The mare is suffering either from 
anasarca or septicoemia. Anasarca 
would be due to a debilitated condition 
of the blood or general system, while 
septicoemia would be due to the absorp¬ 
tion of septic germs, usually through 
wounds or sores. Give the mare, three 
times daily, one dram quinine and four 
drams chlorate of potash. Ounce doses 
of oil of turpentine, well shaken up in 
one-half pint of raw linseed oil, or one 
pint of milk, could be alternated with 
the quinine to advantage. If there are 
any wounds, dress twice daily with a 
two-per cent solution of carbolic acid, 
or dust thoroughly with iodoform. If 
the patient become very weak, give 
alcoholic or other stimulants. A con¬ 
centrated nutritious diet should be 
given, such as oat-meal gruel, scalded 
oats, or even eggs. 2. Hub the throat 
every two or three days from ear to ear, 
with a liniment of strong aqua ammonia 
one part, and sweet oil two parts, well 
shaken together. Continue until the 
throat is well blistered ; then discon¬ 
tinue until the scabs drop off, and repeat 
as before if necessary. 
FORKFULS OF FACTS. 
What Kills the Rabbits? — I have 
some tame rabbits which I am raising 
for the Philadelphia market. I keep 
them in one end of the chicken house, 
on a floor, and let them run in the yard 
about one day in a week. I feed them 
on grass, weeds, cabbage and some 
grain. Some of them die when from six 
to eight weeks old. I cannot see any¬ 
thing wrong with them, as they seem 
well and lively, and just lie down and 
are soon dead. Can any R. N.-Y. read¬ 
ers tell me anything about the rabbit 
business ? p, k. m. 
Exeter Station, Pa. 
Pekin Ducks ; New Feeding.— I have 
as fine a lot of Pekin ducks as I ever 
saw, nearly 1,000 of them, and some of 
them so fine that it is a shame to kill 
them for market. The first 60 that I 
sent to market weighed 316 pounds, or 
5% pounds each, at 10 weeks old. I get 
18 cents per pound all through the sea¬ 
son, and they cost, for feed, about four 
cents per pound—less this year. I think 
that beats potatoes at 20 cents per 
bushel, milk at 2% cents per quart, veal 
calves at 4 cents per pound, or pork at 5 
cents per pound, about our market price 
now. I think that I can make more 
pounds of meat with Pekin ducks, with 
the same amount of feed, than of any 
other kind of meat, pork not excepted. 
I can make 100 pounds of duck meat 
with from 350 to 400 pounds of feed, 
every time. I am now feeding my hens 
with the idea of assisting moulting, four 
parts cake meal, one part cotton-seed 
meal, four parts meat scraps, salt to sea¬ 
son well, slightly moistened, for a morn¬ 
ing feed. At night I feed cracked corn 
and wheat. We all use cake meal to 
make horses shed quickly in the spring ; 
it gives their coats a healthy, glossy ap¬ 
pearance, and I see no reason why it 
should not assist the hens in moulting. 
I use the cotton-seed meal to counteract 
somewhat the loosening effect on the 
bowels, of the linseed cake meal. 
J. E. STEVENSON. 
What About Gapes ?—1. What is the 
cause of gapes in chickens, and what is 
the remedy ? 2. Is it as liable to occur 
later in the season as now ? j. k. h. 
Shewville, Conn. 
R. N.-Y.—1. Small, whitish worms in 
the windpipe are the cause. Prevention 
is better than cure, although the num¬ 
ber of “sure cures” given by different 
writers is legion. Yarding the chicks on 
ground which has been thoroughly dis¬ 
infected by air-slaked lime or diluted 
carbolic acid, is a good preventive. Feed¬ 
ing on chopped onions, every day for 
several weeks, is another. Some also 
mix a small quantity of turpentine in the 
soft feed. Putting them in a vessel with 
tobacco smoke until ready to drop will 
cure gapes. 2. No. After the chicks at¬ 
tain good size, the worms, if present, do 
not seem to affect them so much as when 
they are smaller. It is during the first 
few weeks of the chick’s life, that they 
suffer most. 
IIen and Pig Questions. —1. What is 
the matter with my hens ? They look 
healthy, and eat well within 30 minutes 
of the time they die. Some of them 
will lay their egg s and die in 10 minutes 
afterwards. The first indications are 
that they are a little drowsy, and then 
they droop their heads till they rest on 
the ground. They have a free range to 
all kinds of grasses and Alfalfa. We 
have been feeding oats mixed with a 
little wheat, sometimes a bran and 
shorts mash, and sometimes potatoes, 
carrots and turnips. 2. Will a purebred 
Berkshire boar get white pigs from a 
white sow ? g. 
Afton, Wyo. 
R- N.-Y.—1. Not enough of the symp¬ 
toms are given to deter mine,but the prob¬ 
ability is that the hens are too fat, and 
die of apoplexy. 2. Probably some of 
the pigs will be white, but they are 
more likely to combine the two colors. 
Killing Woodchucks. —Ground hogs 
are great pests in this township (neigh¬ 
boring townships give a bounty of 10 
cents per scalp, and scalps have become 
quite scarce within their borders). This 
summer, two holes have been dug under 
my garden fence, and the occupants and 
their friends feast sumptuously on my 
garden truck. You advised a subscriber to 
use bisulphide of carbon. I got a pint 
and used it, according to directions, in 
three holes. The holes stayed stopped 
for two or three days, and then were 
opened. How much should be used per 
hole ? Did I use enough, did I kill the 
occupants, and were the holes opened 
from without ? Do ground hogs have 
the power to hibernate at will, and is it 
probable that these “ hogs ” took a few 
days’ sleep ? If neither dead nor asleep, 
were they stupefied by the bisulphide, 
or did they fast during the time? Cannot 
you or your subscribers throw light on 
the underground habits of the ground 
hog, and give a practical method for their 
sure extermination ? g. g. g. 
R. N.-Y.—Let’s have all the facts pos¬ 
sible about woodchuck killing. 
Cutting Out Horns.— The removal of 
the budding horns of calves by burning, 
may be characterized as an unnecessarily 
painful method of accomplishing the 
purpose intended; uncertain in its re¬ 
sults, and generally speaking, as a 
rough, rude and unscientific procedure. 
The action of a caustic cannot be accu¬ 
rately gauged. It does too much or too 
little. It is slow and incomplete ; for 
while it kills the parts to be removed, 
the actual removal, of a portion, at 
least, of the dead tissue, is left to Nature 
to get rid of by the tedious process of 
ulceration ; the cavity left having after¬ 
wards to be filled up by granulation— 
another slow operation. By the use of 
cocaine to annul the pain, a knife to 
cut through the skin, and a gouge to 
separate the bony part of the horn 
from the skull, all that is desirable to 
remove could be taken away at once, 
leaving a clean-cut surface which, if 
properly treated, would heal kindly in a 
few days. The handy man of the neigh¬ 
borhood would, after the experience of 
a few trials, acquire the dexterity that 
would enable him to perform the opera¬ 
tion in a few minutes, painlessly, neatly 
and effectually. w. o. e. 
It is well to get clear of a Cold the first 
week, but it is much better and safer to rid yourself 
of it the first 48 hours—the proper remedy for the 
purpose being Dr. D. Jayne's Expectorant. The best 
family Pill, Jayne's Painless Sanative —Adv. 
MOST SUCCESSFUL REMEDY! 
!! 
FOR MAN OR BEAST. 
Certain In Its effects and never blisters. 
Read proofs below: 
KENDALL’S SPAVIN CURE 
Shelby, Micii., Dec. 16, ’93 
Dr. B. J. Kendall Co. i, 
Sirs :—I have used your Kendall’s || 
Spavin Cure with good success for [ 
curbs on two horses and it is the best I 
Liniment I have ever used. 
Yours truly, August Fredrick. jj 
For Sale by all Druggists, or address h 
Dr. It. J. KEN HALT. COMPANY, 
ENOSBURG 
>A L T. COMPANY, |j 
H FALLS. VT. [I 
Used and Endorsed 
by Adams Ex. Co. 
TUTTLE’S ELIXIR 
Is a Sure Cure for 
Colic, Horse Ail , Con¬ 
tracted or Knotted 
Cords, C urbs, Splints, 
Shoe Boils, Callous 
of all kinds, etc., etc. 
— IT — 
EXCELS ALL OTHERS 
And is warranted to give satisfaction. Locates 
lameness, when applied, by remaining moist on 
part affected. What others say : 
Dear Sir: I want to add my testimonial to 
your list recommending Tuttle's Elixir for curbs, 
broken tendons, thrush, and nails in the feet. I 
have used it on all of these cases many times 
I and never failed to make a cure. 
J. H. Nay, Readville (Mass.) Trotting Park. 
Tuttle’s Family Elixir cures Rheumatism 
Sprains, Bruises, Pains, etc. Sample bottle of 
. either Elixir free for three 2-cent stamps to pay 
postage. Fifty cents buys either Elixir of any 
1 druggist, or it will be sent on receipt of price. 
Hit. S. A. TUTTLE, Sole Proprietor, 
27 K Beverly Street, BOSTON, MASS. 
Galled Horses' 
Wj. 11 try call PO WDER7 ’so" cents b>'matl“ 
r _ Albany n. y. %. 
"SI? still 
King 
TH£ BIT OF SITS. 
Will controU the most 
visions horse. 
Sum ftreater Than Ever. 
Sample mailed XC for 
Nickel, $1.50. 
_ Stallion Bits 50 cts. extra. 
RACINE MALLEABLE IRON CO.. RA w°,'s NE ’ 
$ 1.00 
Protect Your Stock From Flies. 
Myself and patrons have been so delighted with the 
effect of “ Shoo-Fly," manufactured in Philadelphia, 
I’a., that 1 made duplicate orders in May. aggregating 
250 quarts. j. w. BU 8 HEK. 
Kansas City. Mo. 
I have used Slioo-Fly two years on my cows. It 
pays. Send me Twenty-flve (25) gallons. 
Fallslngton. Bucks Co., Pa. U. W. COMFOllT. 
C PCPIA I Send 20c.; will return 1 pint Shoo-Fly. 
Name Express Office. $1.60 per gal. One 
gal. lasts 3 animals a season. Freight pd. on 10 gals. 
Shoo-Fly Mfg. Co.. 1005 Fairmount Ave.,Phila., Pa. 
AGENTS WANTED. 
HIGHEST CLASS REGISTERED 
JERSEY CATTLE 
R. F. SHANNON, PITTSBURGH, PA. 
GUERNSEYS7 
Fifty head choice Cows, Heifers 
and Bulls for Sale. 
ELLERSL.IE STOCK FARM, 
RHINECLIFF, N. Y. 
BUCKLEY’S IMPROVED BASIN. 
.We make Watering; Basins for Horses and 
Cattle, with styles adapted to every kind of fasten¬ 
ing, at prices from 75 cents to $1.50. 
WRITE FOR CATALOGUE. 
C. E. BUCKLEY & CO., Dover Plains, N.Y. 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIANS 
CHENANGO VALLEY 
burgh, Jr., Proprietor. Dorset Horn, Shropshire and 
Hambouillet Sheep, Dutch Belted and Jersey cattlo: 
also Poland-Chlna, Jersey Red and Suffolk Pigs. 
-Entire Herd for 
--— —.— Sale. Nine Cows, 
from three to six years old: four Heifer Calves. Am 
retailing milk, and cannot raise calves. 
C. N. MURDOCK, Oneonta, N. Y. 
There is a TIME for ALL. and NOW is that TIME 
to order choice young pigs from best strains. 
Willswood Herd 
Recorded Berkshire Swine. 
WILLS A. SE WA HI), Budd’s Lake. N. J.. or 207 Broad¬ 
way. N. Y. Can supply you with THOROUGHBRED 
CATTLE from BEST HERDS. Write for particulars 
and prices. 
ENGLISH BERKSHIRES 
OF THE BEST families. Send for Catalogue. 
C. FRED. BOSHART, Lowville, N. Y. 
BERKSHIRES 
*—A line herd of Registered 
Berkshiies for sale at very 
. , low prices. A bargain awaits 
a quick buyer. WM. APPLEBY, Manager, Chester, 
Morris County, N. J. 
WE 
are selling, at reasonable prices, 
POLAND-CHINA PIGS 
all ages. Write us what you want; we can please 
F. H. GATES & SONS, Chlttenango, N. Y. 
W. & B. P. Rocks and W. Wyandottes 
Good March to May-hatched Pullets or Cockerels $1 
One-year Breeding Hens. $1; six for $5. 
One-year Cocks, $2. Eggs, 75c. per sitting. 
.. Stock and Eggs guaranteed pure. 
DR. II. ,J. ASHLEY, - - Manillas, N. Y. 
KNOB MOUNTAIN POULTRY FARM. 
ORANGEVILLE, PA. 
Poultry Breeding Stock and Guernsey Cattle. 
400 
SELECTED PEKIN DUCKS; extra stock. 
Brookside Poultry Farm, Columbus, N. J. 
COOPER 
win - -- 
make 
wool 
grow 
Book on dipping mailed free, by 
Cooper & Nephews, Galveston, Tex. 
100 gal. pkt. $2, 25 gal. pkt. 50c. 
If druggist cannot supply, send $ 1.75 for $2 pkt. to 
CYRIL FRANCKLYN. Cotton Exchange, N. Y. City 
Kills and 
Prevents 
Ticks, 
Lice 
and 
Scab 
DIP 
PASTEUR 
Anthrax Vaccine 
The only preventive remedy 
for ANTHRAX in CATTLE, 
HORSES, SHEEP, MULES 
and GOATS. 
PASTEUR Anthrax Vaccine Co.,Ltd. 
(Sole Agents United States and Canada), 
No. 56 FIFTH AVENUE, 
CHICAGO. 
SPAVINS 
Absolutely removed and 
permanently cured in 24 
hours without pain, with 
DR. McKEE’S 
MAGIC SPAVIN CURE. 
Spavins, Splints, Ringbones. Curbs, Capped Hocks, 
Knees and Elbows, Sweeny. Sprains. Swelled Legs, 
Enlarged and Suppurated Glands. Rheumatism. Shoe 
Boils, Navicular Disease, Wind Puffs, Joint Lame¬ 
ness, Fistula, Quittor, Lumpy Jaws, Soft Bunches 
Bony Growths. For particulars address 
Dr. O. W. McKEE, Benson, Minn. 
Horses, Cattle, Sheep and Swine. 
Geo. W. Curtis, M. S. A. Origin, History, 
Improvement, Description, Characteristics, 
Merits, Objections, Adaptability South, etc., 
of each of the Different Breeds, with Hints on 
Selection, Care and Management, Methods of 
practical breeders of the United States and 
Canada. Superbly illustrated. About 100 full 
page cuts. Cloth, $2. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, Neav York. 
